Quiver silencer



Feb. 10, 1959 H. c. STCKFLETH QUIVER SILENCER Filed May 14, 1957 United `States Patentr QUIVER SILENCER Harry C. Stocklleth, Chatham, N. J.

Application May 14, 1957, Serial No. 659,177

2 Claims. (Cl. ISO- 1.5)

The invention relates in general to arrow-carrying quivers of the tubular bag type customarily slung from the back of an archer by a sling strap that goes over one shoulder and around the body, known as shoulder quivers, or those suspended from his waist belt, and has particular reference to novel means for silencing the arrows contained in the quiver by separating them from rattling contact with each other and with the side wall of the quiver body.

Prior to my present invention, the supply of arrows to be carried in a quiver of the type mentioned has been loosely inserted into the open upper end of the latter with the points of the arrows resting upon the bottom wall and with the arrow shafts free to shift laterally in all directions and come into rattling contact with each other. The noise produced is somewhat annoying to the archer under ordinary conditions of use, as in target practice, but becomes seriously objectionable when hunting wild game animals, such as deer, which have a highly developed protective sense of hearing. It should be readily understood that the most stealthy approach when stalking a game animal may be defeated by the rattling of arrows in the hunters quiver.

It therefore is the primary object of my invention to provide simple, inexpensive and practical means which may be installed in any conventional quiver for the purpose of separating the individual arrows carried there in in a manner to silence the quiver very eiectively.

To be more explicit, my improved quiver silencer is in the form of an elongated flexible brush adapted to be arranged in annular form inside the mouth of a quiver with its bristles inwardly presented and of suicient length to intervene between adjacent arrows and thereby maintain them in a constant state of separation.

A further object is to manufacture and offer to the trade a silencer brush of great length, in the form in which belting, rope, and the like, are merchandised, in order that an archer may buy several yards of the commodity at a sporting goods store and thereafter at his convenience cut off such lengths of the same as may be required to silence one or more quivers.

Other objects, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a side elevational view of a conventional backcarried quiver, partly in section, showing the same loaded with arrows and having the silencer installed therein;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2-2 of Fig. l;

2,372,959 Patented Feb. 10, 1959 vl Ce .lation `in a quiver by its owner is represented in Fig. 3.

As previously intimated each silencer brush 12 is produced initially for the trade in a long strip, just as belting, rope, and the like, are merchandised, so that an archer may procure a length of brush suited to his individual needs. For instance, he may measure the internal cir` cumference of his quiver and buy a single piece of just the right length to iit inside the mouth of the quiver, or he may buy a longer strip in desired multiples of that circumferential measurement so that he may cut olf appropriate lengths later for installation in more than one quiver or for replacement of old, unserviceable quiver silencers.

The silencer brush 12, regardless of length, includes a narrow backing member 13 in flat strip form composed of exible material, such as leather, rubber, fabric or plastic. By making backing member 13 of resilient material having considerable stiffness, such as plastic, and producing it in normally straight form, there will be advantages which will be described presently.

Bristles 14 are seated or embedded in backing member 13 in any practicable manner known to brush manufacturers so that they project at right angles thereto from one side face thereof. The most suitable arrangement of bristles 14 is to dispose tufts 15 of plural individual bristles at intervals along the center line of backing member 13. The longitudinal edges of backing member 13 may be reduced in thickness and perforated as yat 16 to facilitate attachment to the side wall of quiver body 10 by riveting, stitching, or other convenient means for this purpose (not shown).

Bristles 14 should be comparatively long so as to extend across the medial portion of the interior of quiver body 10. In other words, their length should exceed one-half the diametrical width of the interior space of the quiver body. Because of this length, there will be plural tufts 15 of bristles 14 intervening between any two adjoining arrows A in the quiver and crossing each other in a manner to a'ord permanent separation and silencing of the arrows. l

When the backing member 13 is composed of in- 'herently stiff resilient material, a piece of appropriate length may be curled into annular form and inserted into the mouth of quiver body 10 in a circumferential arrangement. Due to the tendency of the curled backing member to return to normal straight form, the silencer brush 12 will press tightly against the inner periphery of quiver body 10 and maintain its installed position without use of fastening means. The bristle tufts 15 are so pliant and readily yieldable that the insertion or extraction of arrows will not dislodge the silencer from its frictionally applied position.

It will be understood that it is intended to cover Iall changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen forvthe purpose of illustration which do not constitute departures from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A silenced arrow quiver comprising: a tubular body open at its upper end and having a peripheral side wall; and arrow silencer means in the form of an elongated brush including a flexible backing member and bristles projecting from one side face of said backing member, said silencer means being mounted as a circumferential ring inside the quiver body with its backing member abutting the inner periphery thereof and the bristles inwardly presented in radial relation to the axis of` :saidv body to intervene between the shafts of arrows carried by the quiver to prevent rattling contact of each arrowv References. Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Diven Jan. Hoey Jan. Kennedy Jan. White May Calkins Apr. White Nov.

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